A 120-year-old building in Amagasaki City has been saved from demolition with the owner donating the building for free to the city. The city will be acquiring the 3,000 sqm of land it sits on within the year.
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Historic school building in Ueno to be demolished
The 94-year-old former Shitaya Elementary School in Ueno will be demolished by Taito ward sometime in 2023. This was one of the ‘revival elementary schools’ built after the devastating 1923 Great Kanto earthquake.
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Imperial Theatre to be demolished
The Teigeki, or Imperial Theatre, in Marunouchi will temporarily close in 2025 as the building undergoes redevelopment.
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Brutalist gymnasium’s future still unclear
The Kenzo Tange-designed Kagawa Prefectural Gymnasium may be tumbling closer to demolition as earthquake-retrofitting seems to be more challenging and costly than anticipated.
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Historic home in Kagoshima to be demolished
A historic and heritage-listed home in Kagoshima City will be demolished by the end of this year after a six-year attempt to save it.
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Less than 3% of Kyoto’s machiya avoid demolition
A recent attempt by Kyoto City to save its historic machiya townhouses has only resulted in 5 out of 170 properties avoiding demolition. Back in 2016, a survey found that as many as 800 traditional machiya townhouses in Kyoto were being demolished each year. With an estimated 40,000 machiya in the city, they could vanish within the next 50 years, leaving no trace of the city’s merchant past.
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Brutalist house for sale in Kichijoji
A brutalist-style concrete house designed by Yoji Watanabe and built in 1966 is on the market for sale in Kichijoji. This one is very likely to be demolished if not purchased by a collector.
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National Theatre of Japan to be demolished next year
On June 17 the Japan Arts Council announced that the National Theatre of Japan will officially close its doors at the end of October 2023 with the modernist building to be demolished and redeveloped.
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Steamer Basket House by Yoji Watanabe
¥588,000,000
Land with existing structure | Land size: 375.06 sqm (113.40 tsubo)
Kichijoji Minamicho, Musashino City, Tokyo
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90+ year old home in Yokohama being restored
The new owner of a historic home in Yokohama is carrying out a full restoration. The Yamate 133 Ban-Kan residence was built sometime around 1930 and initially occupied by the Rising Sun Oil Corporation (a predecessor of Shell).
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